19.03.10
The internet here is a real test of patience. In the morning Merle
tried to send 2 letters. Took her 2 hours and about 7 attempts each. I
didn’t even bother trying.
Last time in the internet office all was ok but this time the
connection only failed. It ate all my nerves. Local people who don’t
have the 'addiction' are lucky (: Guess our only excuse is that we’re
about 7000 km away from home (:

Have you ever tried arguing with black people? They are so hostile and
generous here that there is no point arguing. They’re gonna win the
arguement anyway :D
We tried to tell them that we were able to put the bed together on our
own and etc but they insisted on helping. We, estonians are used to doing
everything on our own!!!
Can u believe it?!?! The principal of the school just came here to get us another matress! He was all wet because it was raining.
We really feel like parasites for them having to go to all this trouble.

To continue with the price comparison. We went to a lil' hut where
they sell pottery. All the things were really nice and then we asked
for the price. One pot to make coffee cost 10 birr. It was handmade.
The juice was 25 birr.


Reede 19.03
Meie päevad lõppevad koos kohalikega kella 18 aegu, sest inimesed
pimedas ei liigu. Kolisime täna oma alalisse kahe toalisse majja kus
elas ka Andres. See on nelipühi pastori hoovi maja. Juba paaril õhtul
järjest on sadanud, hetkel on vihm nii kõva, et tahab koos katusega
kaela sadada. Elektri katkestused on igapäevane teema. Arvuti
ühendusest kirjutas Laura juba eespool, seda on raske kirjeldada. Olen
kahe tunniga saanud saata 2 kirja ja seega olen kogu oma kannatuse
proovile pannud. Kohalikel pole mingit huvi interneti vastu, sest nad
ei liigu oma pere juurest eemale ja kui keegi juhtub minema võõrsile
elama siis interneti teel ei suhelda vaid telefoniga.
Saime täna kirja oma tunniplaani. Mina hakkan õpetama kunstiajalugu ja
kunsti 6-14 aastastele. Klassis on kuni 70 õpilast, väikesemad klassid
47 õpilast. Õnneks on ka kohalik õpetaja väikestega koos ja äkki koos
suurematega ka esimene nädal. Esmaspäeval loodan olla vaatleja koos
kohlikuga ja vaatan kuidas asi käib, õhtul valmistan ette materjale.
Ull tuli teisest toast piiblit lugemast ja ütles, et vihm on selline,
et oma mõtteid ka ei kuule. Tal on taskulamp peas, sest elektrit ka
pole. Siin joovad ka adventistid kohvi. Kooli omanik ei söö liha ja
kohvi ka ei joo. Meie laual on hommikul mangod 2 tk näkku ja banaanid
ananassi maitsega ja eesti must šokolaad mida mu hea sõber 10 tahvlit
kaasa pani. Lõunal oleme väljas söönud.

Kõik magus on siin luksus ja lastel hambad terved. Ka vanadel 70
naistel on hambad kui pärlid. Ma pole veel aru saanud millesse nad
surevad kui keskmine eluiga on 50. Eks iga päev saab teada midagi uut,
sest meid saadavad alati kaks õpetajat. Täna olid nendeks kooli
direktor, keemia õpetaja ja bioloogia õpetaja. Tunne on natuke kehv,
et meil on alati saatjad aga nad ütlesid, et teevad seda rõõmuga
oodates meid ka interneti punktis 1h aega. Kahjuks polnud ka täna
võimalik midagi saata :)
Homme on kirik mis kestab 3-4 h.
Adventistid pole Etioopias karismaatilised nagu Ghanas, pidid laulma
tõsiste nägudega ja käed kõrval nagu meie.
Lõpetan tänase jutu, sai liiga pikk juba. Soojad kallistused!

Mil

People stay in the house during the evening, so our days end about
6pm. Now we moved into our permanent house, where Andres also lived.
It’s a little hut behind a pentacost pastor’s house. Already a few
nights her it has been raining. It’s raining so heavily that the roof
might fall in(: The electricity is disconected quite often. Laura already wrote about the computer connection here, it’s hard to
describe. I sent 2 letters in 2 hours.
The local people have no interest for internet, because most of the
time they’re with their family and even if they’re not, they use
phones not internet.
We got our schedules today. I will teach the history of art and art to
children at the age of 6-14. There might be up to 70 children in one
class, in smaller ones there are around 47 students. Luckily the local
teacher is with us the first week. On Monday i hope to see how the
lesson is and in the evening prepare for the lessons.
Ull came from the other room, where she read the Bible and said the
rain is so noisy that she can’t hear her own thoughts. She has the
flashlight attached to her forehead, because the electricity is gone
now.
The schoolowner doesn’t eat meat or drink coffee. But adventists here
drink coffee. Our breakfast is 2 mangos each and bananas tasting like
pineapple, plus we have 10 tablets of black chocolate, which a friend
of mine gave me before the trip. We have eaten supper only outside in
some restaurants.
All the sweets are a luxury here and children’s teeth are beautiful.
Even 70 year old women have teeth like pearls. I still haven’t
understood why they die so young, because the average age here is
around 50. We’ll learn much here, because we always have 2 teachers
sending us everywhere. Today the school principal and the biology
teacher were with us. We feel a bit bad that someone always has to be
with us, but they said they’re happy to do it, even if we’re in the
internet-point.
Tomorrow we’ll be in church for 3-4 hours. I heard adentists here are
not as charismatical as in Ghana, they’re more like Estonians.
I’ll finish for today, already wrote too much. Warmest hugs!

Mil